Biopolymers made from methane in bioreactors

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 689-699

  Chidambarampadmavathy, Karthigeyan ^a   Karthikeyan, Obulisamy P ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Copper; Iron; Methanotrophs; Polyhydroxyalkaonate

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; COPPER; FATTY ACIDS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; IRON; LAND FILL;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS (FAMES); GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANOTROPHS; OPERATING CONDITION; POLYHYDROXYALKAONATE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE;

METHANE;

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; COPPER; FATTY ACID ESTER; IRON; METHANE; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

AERATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ESTER; FATTY ACID; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRON; LANDFILL; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POLYMER;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPOST; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; HETEROTROPH; LANDFILL; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOMONAS; MOISTURE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PSEUDOMONAS; SANDY LOAM;

EID: 84945471061     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201400203     Document Type: Article

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